FEDERAL SOFA

Retaining parts of the original under-upholstery.

New York   Circa 1790

Primary Wood: Mahogany
Secondary Wood: Ash

Height: 39 inches
Width: 80 inches
Depth: 24 inches

Item Number: 5399.4

Provenance: Descended in the Townsend family of Raynham Hall on Long Island, New York and signed on the stretcher with the family name; to two members of the family in Orange County, New York; Ginsburg & Levy, Inc., New York; Bernard & S. Dean Levy, Inc., New York.

Reference: The sofa relates closely to another New York example in the Beekman parlor at Philipsburg Manor, Sleepy Hollow Restorations, illustrated in Helen Comstock American Furniture, number 529.